260 FORESTS, WOODS, AND TREES 
639 and 1159 feet elevation. An adjoining catchment 
area of 190 acres could be taken in if desired, but it is 
not used at present. The Town Council have merely the 
right to impound the water, and own only 4% acres of land 
adjoining one of the reservoirs. The gathering ground is 
under grazing, and there is little chance of its cultivation 
or of the water being polluted. It would certainly be of 
great advantage, I am informed, if the hill on which the 
reservoirs stand could be planted, but the Town Council 
have no rights in the land which would enable them to 
facilitate the planting thereof. 
The Falkirk and Larbert Trust obtain their supply of 
domestic water from a catchment area on the Denny and 
Kilsyth Hills, 2150 acres in extent, and between 700 and 
1480 feet elevation, all upland pasture under sheep and 
cattle grazing, with only one habitation at the lowest point, 
and, in consequence, no danger of contamination. The 
water is passed through sand filters. There is also a catch- 
ment area of 1145 acres for compensation water on the 
Touch Hills at 1170 to 1430 feet elevation, covered 
with heather and peat and under sheep grazing. The 
Trust have only water rights over these two catchment 
areas. 
Bridge of Allan Water Company, a private Company, 
supplies the town with water from the Wharrie Burn and 
the Cox Burn, which are led into the Cox Burn reservoir, 
about a mile and a half from Bridge of Allan. The 
Company owns only the site of the reservoir, and has 
not supplied any details regarding the acreage or nature 
of the catchment area, which is situated in a well-wooded 
district. 
Grangemouth obtains its water supply from a gathering 
ground of 2300 acres at the head of Bannock Burn in the 
Denny Hills, about 5 miles south-west of Stirling, and 
between 553 and 1442 feet elevation, reaching its highest 
point at Earl’s Hill, and with a northerly exposure. The 
